Finlay and Rey-Rey Spirits

WWE SmackDown 2016/01/12

WWE United States Championship: Alberto del Rio vs. Kalisto ©

AAA 10/09

HIAC 2015 (Cherry-Picked)

WWE Hell in a Cell 2015

 (2015/10/25)

WWE United States Championship: Alberto del Rio vs. John Cena ©

Fuck you Alberto, you’re a prick etc. etc… The match wasn’t much, tbf. In fact, it was quite bad. These two never had anything that would resemble good chemistry, therefore, I wasn’t even disappointed. Look, I’m not bashing the match just because Alberto jumped ship, I simply thing it was uneventful and with no energy whatsoever. Cena is bad opponent for Alberto, put him in there with Roman, Cesaro and Harper. :) At least Zeb Colter did well on the mic.

bad

Heroes Inmortales IX (Part 1)

Verano de Escandalo '15

AAA Verano de Escandalo 2015

(2015/06/14)

AAA 07/10

AAA 2015/07/10

Daga & Steve Pain vs. Ludxor & Fireball (aka Flamita)

I’m not big on Flamita, so this was a surprisingly good debut match for him in my eyes. Probably because of Daga, though, who made sure things were kept tight and focused, which made for an easy watch where you can keep up with the flow and spots. So, yeah, I just praised Daga, something I’ve never done before. But he was awesome here, and now I don’t know whether it’s his intention or not to come across as a New Japan Junior Heavyweight to distinguish himself from the AAA bunch, but in this match it totally worked, matter face it made the match good. Ludxor was on and off, mostly off, and Pain was just kind of – there, so this was a Daga show featuring Flamita, and I would really like to see them in a mano a mano after watching this showdown.

***1/2

TripleMania

AAA TripleMania XXIII

(2015/08/09)

AAA 07/03

AAA 2015/07/03

Dark Cuervo, Dark Scoria, Mascara Ano 2000 Jr. vs. Elegido, Drago, Bengala

A match. No big stakes, no big heat, no backstories, just six guys doing moves, and that’s about it. As good as it gets all things considered.

**3/4

AAA 4/30

AAA 2015/4/30

Lucha Libre World Cup – Grupo 1 Eliminatoria: Fenix vs. Electroshock vs. Hijo del Fantasma

Sweet little match, this was good, IMO, great balance between Fenix and Fantasma continuing their rivalry and Electro interfering via powerhouse moves. Some sequences were neat.

***1/4

AAA 4/3 (Part 1)

AAA 2015/4/3

Super Fly & Hijo del Pirata Morgan vs. Australian Suicide & Dinastia

Not even close to what the match could have been. For some reason they just didn’t click all together, despite some good individual efforts, especially by Pirata. The crowd wasn’t into the match. Dinastia wasn’t on his smoothest level and just in general the match felt kind of awkward on few occasions.

**3/4

AAA 4/2 (show of the year?)

AAA 2015/4/2

Texano Jr., Pentagon Jr., Dark Cuervo vs. Parka, Psycho Clown, Angelico

I have no words for this. Such a glorious ass-kicking brawl in front of probably the hottest crowd of the year so far, I’m talking world wide here. Psycho Clown entered the match with a legit angle injury and they decided to make a story out of it in the match, and oh boy, they did a wonderfully job. Texano got the role of a merciless piece of shit who destroyed Psycho’s leg with chairs, stomps, etc. and he was like a relentless pit-bull in doing so, we got doctors checking on Psycho and taking him out while the rest of the crew fought all over the ringside, it was chaotic and awesome. Parka and Angelico took a beating, I’m telling you. The match was a handicap match for awhile before the tecnico comeback, Angelico was simply spectacular, dude’s growing on me tremendously. Parka and Angelico gave the rudo team a taste of their own medicine and did to Pentagon the same what they did to Psycho. So, we’re 2-on-2 now and it was a perfect opportunity for Parka to do his vintage Parka things. Fabulous. The finishing match-up was Cuervo/Angelico, and while it may sound “meh” on the paper, it was everything but, trust me, I’ve never ever seen Cuervo being this good, and like I mentioned earlier, Angelico’s been improving in my eyes. Their respective partners Dark Scoria and Jack Evans got involved. Great drama, great finish, great match.

****1/2

AAA 2015/4/2

NO DQ: Brian Cage vs. Alberto el Patron

Shit man, who would’ve thought a couple of years ago that Brian Cage of all people would be this good and competing in a main event scene for a major wrestling promotion. He had that great Steen title match and a fair share of awesome multi-man performances, but in singles competition he was mostly hit or miss. He also got roided way too much, but in the last half a year or so, he toned it down and now looks totally appropriate, it also noticeably improved his stamina and condition.

This was a great hardcore match, it was really well done and the tables/chairs spots were all paced in a compelling manner. Once again Cage got over, he even used some quasi-lucha moves, so there you go… Needless to say, Alberto was stupendously over in his hometown. Since this was a No DQ, Konnan, Fantasma and Pentagon used it profusely in Cage’s favor, while on the other side Parka came to help Alberto. Surprisingly great match, tbf.

****

AAA 2015/4/2

Mini Charly Manson & Mini Psycho Clown vs. Dinastia & Mascarita Sagrada

Slick, smooth and clean as a whistle, that’s honestly all I can say about this one. Four minis going all in and creating magic, Mascarita Sagrada was godlike here, and the centerpiece of the match was Dinastia/Psycho building to a title match at some point, oh god, that will rock. I wasn’t totally sold on Dinastia before, but that quickly changed after this one. Awesome sprint, kind of must-see.

****

AAA 2015/4/2

Electroshock, Hijo del Pirata Morgan, Carta Brava Jr. vs. Fenix, Aerostar, Argenis

I’ve always felt Electro was getting a lot of undeserved hate. I mean, sure, he’s not very athletic or agile, but dude can throw a punch and is willing to bleed buckets for our own amusement. That’s a gigantic plus in my book. Therefore, I’m kind of excited to see where his angle is heading to, especially with Pirata in his team. Needless to say, I dig Pirata very mucho, and if you wanna know why, just check this match. The tecnico trio was fucking out-of-this-world spectacular here, especially Fenix who acted as if someone shoved a turbo engine in his ass, the shit he did here was totally unreal and if he doesn’t win all the High Flyer of the Year awards, I might murder someone. Like, seriously, what the fuck was that?!

****1/4

AAA 2015/4/2

Daga, Super Fly, Dark Scoria vs. Drago, Bengala, Jack Evans

Another really good match, but slightly damaged by the ending. It wasn’t anything scary, though, just a minor thing that bugged me. I guess something was in the air this night, because even fucking Bengala looked pretty damn good. Super Fly’s post- mask loss of hot wrestling goes on, and Drago is Drago. And yes, Evans is Evans too.

***1/2

AAA 2015/4/2

Mesias & Hijo del Fantasma vs. Myzteziz & Blue Demon Jr.

To everyone’s surprise, they’re starting things off with a minute of clean chain wrestling, courtesy of Demon and Fantasma. But then (to no one’s surprise) Mesias decides he’s had enough of it and turns the match into a smacky tussle just like that. There’s nothing in the world better than a rudo domination in lucha. Nothing. Especially if there’s blood and mask ripping. Now, this match didn’t have those two things, but Mesias did give Demon quite a proper beating, and Fantasma to Myzteziz too. It was all awesome in front of the fantastic crowd. The inevitable comeback was excellent and Demon is excellent in these violent affairs where he gets to throw smacks and use weapons. Do I smell a potential TripleMania main event in Demon/Mesias? Hmm, I’d fucking love that. Also, the Myzteziz/Fantasma chemistry is beautiful, and goddamn it, AAA is just hitting it on all cylinders right now.

****

AAA 2/27

AAA 2015/2/27

Brian Cage, Hijo del Fantasma, Pentagon Jr. vs. Alberto el Patron, Myzteziz, Fenix

Great match and perfect introduction of Brian Cage, he was awesome here in displaying his powerhouse nature, but also the athletic lucha side, he wasn’t just another generic gym enthusiast. He has a damn fine chemistry with Alberto. The other two match-ups were Myzteziz/Pentagon and Fenix/Fantasma, which were nifty and the whole thing just blended quite well. Great 6-man tag with the captivating pace and some truly superb spots, Fantasma’s lightning dive comes to mind.

****

AAA 2015/2/27

Daga & Super Fly vs. Australian Suicide & Argenis

Knew this could rock, but man, they totally caught me off guard with some high quality tag team wrestling. Things slowly escalated into a killer closing stretch and the whole thing was just really well connected and coherent. Daga was meh on the rudo side, but that’s why Super Fly was excellent and he basically carried the whole thing, he’s got some new edge to his character after the mask loss. Suicide was good at taking FIP bumps and Argenis was even better and more complete in other fields. However, the biggest virtue of the match was its great booking and organic structure that enabled the participants to display their skills in a thrilling fashion.

****

AAA 2015/2/27

Joe Lider & Hijo del Pirata Morgan vs. Drago & Super Nova

The only thing that prevented this match from reaching the four star territory was Lider (kind of ) randomly introducing the weapons, particularly the thumbtacks. The stuff with the staplegun was decent with Lider and Super Nova using it back-and-forth on each other, but the thumbtacks at the end felt unnecessary and I felt bad for Drago for having to roll all over it during his pin combos. But everything else was spot on, Super Nova hit some impressive moves and Drago’s tornillo was groovy. The biggest surprise for me was Pirata looking very good, dude’s got the great look and he can throw a blast quite well.

***3/4

AAA 2015/2/27

Hell Brothers (Cibernetico, Averno, Chessman) vs. Parka, Angelico, Jack Evans

Typical Hell Brothers brawl with prolonged beatdown on tecnicos only to lose after a comeback. It was good, though, simple and effective stuff with Angelico and Evans carrying the comeback load via high flying, Parka was there for drawing big crowd reactions and to score the pin. There was a lot of chairshots, but almost all of them were indirect. There was also an obligatory post-match revenge beatdown. Good match with smart layout, but nothing special to remember in a long run.

***1/4

ROH: Good, Bad, DUD

ROH 13^th Anniversary

(2015/3/1)

Cedric Alexander vs. Matt Sydal

This match had a bunch of Michinoku Pro inspired moves with both guys doing an auto-pilot wrestling, there was very little cohesion or emotional depth here. Kind of like a Michael Bay movie. However, not all Michael Bay movies are terrible. Same with this match, when it’s all said and done it wasn’t bad, it was a decent little jumpfest, good enough for an opener.

**3/4

ROH 13^th Anniversary

(2015/3/1)

ACH vs. AJ Styles

Damn good match, AJ worked more of a heavyweight style in order to oppose to ACH’s highly athletic habits. The match built well, they had good sense for pacing and flow, it was organic despite being spotty. By the way, in the middle of the match Kevin Fucking Disgusting Kelly felt a need to discuss the ODB/Maria match. Yeah, that happened.

***3/4

ROH 13^th Anniversary

(2015/3/1)

ROH World Tag Team Championship: Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) vs. reDRagon (Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish) ©

Rocky Romero joins the commentary table and Kevin Kelly calls him an “all time great”. That’s pure gold right there. Amazing every time with the Bucks on offense doing their phenomenal thing, but at the same time incredibly dull and embarrassing every time with Kyle and Fish doing their godawful shitty thing, Jesus Christ they’re the worst tag team of all time, everything they touch turns into brown shit. They’re such party poopers and the energy goes down every time it’s their turn to run the pace. Fuck them, two boring drones, can’t believe they have fans. The Bucks, on the other hand, were incredible here and not only they saved the match from MMA geeks disaster, they even carried it to borderline greatness, they were innovative and full of charm, such a badass duo that always finds new ways to entertain.

***3/4

ROH 13^th Anniversary

(2015/3/1)

ROH World TV Championship: Alberto el Patron vs. Jay Lethal ©

Massive disappointment and big waste. They basically did a WWE/TNA style bullshit title match with all the interferences, dirty finish and shit. Such a shame because this pairing had a tremendous potential, which was evident in those tiny portions of the match when they were beating the shit out of each other. That was good but of course everything fell apart later in the match due to shitty booking. Fuck you, Ring of Shit!

**

ROH 13^th Anniversary

(2015/3/1)

4-WAY for ROH World Championship: Hanson vs. Tommaso Ciampa vs. Michael Elgin vs. Jay Briscoe ©

Everything about this was absolutely fucking terrible, legit one of the worst main events I’ve ever seen. Fuck this shit and fuck Ring of Shit. Michael Elgin is dirt worst. But hey, at least we’re probably going to see Joe against Jay Briscoe for the strap, so there is some light at the end of tunnel.

DUD